Weisenborn Research Opportunity

Calling all Weisenborns. For those of you with a Weisenborn connection in your family tree, there is an online worldwide Weisenborn database.

A few months ago I corresponded with family genealogist Toon Weisenborn, from Nordhorn, Germany. Toon has been interested in her family’s Weisenborn genealogy since she was a young girl and she has since set out to gather information about all Weisenborns in Germany, the Netherlands, and around the world. 

Because of this interest, Toon has created the website, Project All Weisenborns and Wittenborns, to help Weisenborn researchers. Her website is freely accessible and she will add information and make corrections to the Weisenborn information she has already compiled there.

You may find your Weisenborn family in one of her trees. If not, she offers to add new Weisenborn data to an existing tree or add a new tree when necessary.

Her efforts are a great aid to all Weisenborn researchers.

I do not believe I have any Weisenborns in my family tree but there were and still are Weisenborns in this area.

Luther Weissenborn (1846-1864) is buried in Zion Lutheran Cemetery, Schumm. [1] The John Christoph and Mary Catharine (Schüt) Weisenborn family attended Zion Chatt in the mid-1860s and later. Zion’s records indicate that John Christoph and Mary Catharine were from Niederdorla, Thuringen, and Grossherzogtum, Baden, respectively. Several Weisenborns are buried in Kessler/Liberty Cemetery and several in Hopewell Township’s Friends Cemetery, both cemeteries in Mercer County.

Luther Weissenborn, Zion Lutheran Cemetery, Schumm, Van Wert County, Ohio. (2012 photo by Karen)

I urge Weisenborn researchers to check out Toon’s Weisenborn website. [2]

Enjoy!  

[1] Tombstone Tuesday-Luther Weissenborn, Karen’s Chatt, 27 Nov 2018.

[2] Project All Weisenborns and Wittenborns, Toon Weisenborn, https://weisenborn-boer.nl/Weissenborn_Wittenborn/Stambomen/data.htm.

3 comments

    • Toon Weisenborn on November 19, 2021 at 1:57 pm
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    Hi Karen,

    Thanks for bringing my project and the website under the attention of those who may benefit from it.

    The Weisenborn family you mention is still unknown to me. Do you have perhaps more data on John Christoph and his wife Mary Catharine Schüt, such as their year of birth and the names of their children? I have extracted all Weissenborns from the church registers of Niederdorla, so I expect that John Christoph is among them. A few people changed their first names when they arrived in the United Kingdom America, perhaps as the marking of a truly new beginning.

    Toon.

    1. You are welcome! I do not have much Wisenborn information.

      Johann Christoph Weisenborn and Mary Catharine (Schüt) Weisenborn attended our church (Lutheran) for a while in the late mid-1860s and later. According to Find a Grave, memorial 60467003, Johann C. Weisenborn (15 Nov 1815-1 Feb 1887) is buried in Kessler Cemetery, which is not our church cemetery but is a couple miles from our church. Our church records indicate that Johann Christoph was from Niederdorla, Thuringen, and his wife was from Grossherzogtum, Baden. Find a Grave indicates Johann was from Bischofroda, Wartburgkreis, Thuringen. I am guessing the Weisenborns in our area today descend from this family. Johann Christoph & Mary Catharine’s son John Herman Weisenborn was baptized at our church in 1865 and their son John Martin was confirmed there in 1871.

      The information below is from Find a Grave. I did not do the research and cannot verify it:
      Johan Christoph’s father was Valentine Weisenborn (16 Dec 1790-3 Sep 1880), died and is buried in Clermont County, Ohio.
      Johann Christoph had the following siblings:
      Margaret (1818-1867), married Kraut; buried Clermont County, Ohio
      Elizabeth (1822-1907), married Jacob Kettell; buried Clermont County, Ohio
      Christoph (1828-1889), buried Clermont County, Ohio
      Henry (1833-1897) born in Germany; buried Spring Grove, Cincinnati, Ohio

      Hopefully you can make some Wisenborn connections. Thanks for writing!

    2. You are welcome! I do not have much Wisenborn information.

      Johann Christoph Weisenborn and Mary Catharine (Schüt) Weisenborn attended our church (Lutheran) for a while in the late mid-1860s and later. According to Find a Grave, memorial 60467003, Johann C. Weisenborn (15 Nov 1815-1 Feb 1887) is buried in Kessler Cemetery, which is not our church cemetery but is a couple miles from our church. Our church records indicate that Johann Christoph was from Niederdorla, Thuringen, and his wife was from Grossherzogtum, Baden. Find a Grave indicates Johann was from Bischofroda, Wartburgkreis, Thuringen. I am guessing the Weisenborns in our area today descend from this family. Johann Christoph & Mary Catharine’s son John Herman Weisenborn was baptized at our church in 1865 and their son John Martin was confirmed there in 1871.

      The information below is from Find a Grave. I did not do the research and cannot verify it:
      Johan Christoph’s father was Valentine Weisenborn (16 Dec 1790-3 Sep 1880), died and is buried in Clermont County, Ohio.
      Johann Christoph had the following siblings:
      Margaret (1818-1867), married Kraut; buried Clermont County, Ohio
      Elizabeth (1822-1907), married Jacob Kettell; buried Clermont County, Ohio
      Christoph (1828-1889), buried Clermont County, Ohio
      Henry (1833-1897) born in Germany; buried Spring Grove, Cincinnati, Ohio

      Hopefully you can make some Wisenborn connections. Thanks for writing!

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